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NVIDIA

PCIe Design Verification Intern - Spring 2027

US, CA, Santa Clara · Internship · Posted Oct 12, 2026

Experience
Six-month internship, February 2027–August 2027; no prior years of experience specified.
Education
Pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related degree.

About the job

Verify PCIe and CXL hardware functionality and performance in an SV/UVM test bench, developing diagnostics, test plans, coverage, checkers, and engineering automation.

What you'll do

  • Develop directed or random diagnostics and debug them across platforms.
  • Write and review validation test plans; code features, coverage, or checkers and analyze or improve simulation performance.
  • Collaborate with a worldwide engineering team on planning, development, and deployment.

What they ask for

  • Pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related degree.
  • Exposure to computer architecture, ASIC design, or verification methodology.
  • Familiarity with object-oriented programming and/or SystemVerilog.
  • Previous scripting experience in Python or Perl.

Nice to have

  • Experience with directed and random functional testing, including writing test plans; automation of build, test, or other engineering processes.
  • Experience with hardware simulation and waveform debug tools.

Pay

20 USD - 71 USD per hour; hourly intern pay

Tools

SV/UVM, PCIe, CXL, ISA, Python, Perl, RTL

AI focus

The role involves hardware verification for PCIe and CXL; the posting states that NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)